Corner bead or strip.



C. S. ALMS.

CORNER BEAD 0P STRIP.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3,1915.

1 1 96, 75 3 Patehted Sept. 5, 1916.

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. I Mmy'my CHARLES SYLVANUS ALMS, 0]? UNION TOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

CORNER BEAD OR STRIP.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES S. ALMs, citizen of the United States, residing at Uniontown, in the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Corner Bead or Strip, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of corner beads or strips having clips designed to be secured directly to a wall and provided with means for retaining the bead in position.

The object of the invention is to provide a bead which may be snapped over the clips, after the clips have been positioned at the angle or corner of a wall, and held securely to the clips.

In the general practice of applying beads to a wall, the bead and clips are joined together before the clips are fastened to the wall. In .this method of fastening the beads to the wall it is almost if not impossible to mount the bead so that it will be perpendicular. With this invention this objection is overcome as the several clips can be first applied to'the angle or corner of the wall and fastened in place. A plumb line is first positoned and then the clips are applied to the wall so that their outer terminals will be in a perpendicular line. After the clips have been arranged in this manner the bead is snapped over the clips, by exerting apressure in a horizontal direction against the bead, and when the bead is placed upon the clips it is securely held and there is no danger of the bead becoming disengaged from the clips.

The invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation showing the bead and clips applied to a wall. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the clips, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of the bead.

A represents a wall to which clips may be fastened. The clips each consist preferably of a single metallic plate bent at its center forming diverging walls 1, and at the inner terminals of the walls the plate is bent inwardly forming shallowshoulders or ribs 2 of approximately two-sixteenths of an inch in depth, thereby producing a triangular Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 3, 1915.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

Serial No. 37,948.

head. The ends of the plate extend from the shoulders 2 close together but in spaced apart relation for a short distance, as at 3, and then are bent divergingly as at 4, forming engaging arms or members. The members or arms 4 are provided with holes 5, through which nails or other fastening melalns may pass for fastening the clip to the wa A corner bead or strip 6 is preferably triangular in shape and is made from a single piece of material. This strip in practice is adapted to be located at the angle of the wall and to extend from the ceiling to the floor. The strip 6 is made from any suitable material, such as sheet steel or metal, and is shown constructed from a single metallic plate which is bent at its longitudinal center forming diverging sides 7. The inner terminals of the sides 7 or the side edges of the plate, are bent inwardly to provide flanges 8 of substantially one-sixteenth of an inch in depth. These flanges 8 are spaced apart to provide a sufficient opening in the rear side of the strip 6 to permit the slight compression of the heads of the clips, and allow the springing of the strip or bead 6 over the triangular heads of the clips with but a very slight expansion of the strip, so as not to distort the same, the strip or bead springing back into yielding engagement with the sides of the heads after the beads have passed the shallow shoulders.

The strip 6 is of triangular shape and both the strip and clips are made of resilient material so that when the flanges 8 travel along the walls 1 of the triangular heads of the clips, the walls 1 of the clips are capable of being compressed, and the sides 7 of the bead are expanded sufiiciently to allow the flanges 8 to pass over the inner terminals of the walls 1 of the clips and engage the inturned flanges 2 of the clips for securely and firmly locking the bead to the cli s.

The sides 7 of the bead are provided with holes or slots 9 in which the cement or plaster will enter and anchor the bead in place. The diverging arms 4 of the clip are secured to the angle or corner of the wall in such a manner that the portions 3 of the clip are maintained out of contact with the angular portion or corner of the wall, and, as these portions 3 are spaced apart, they will come close together, allowing a contraction of the heads of the clips upon the springing of the strip thereover in fastening the strip to the heads of the clips.

The strip 6 is capable of a sufficient expansion to permit the ends or beads 8 to pass beyond the terminals of the diverging walls 1 of the heads. The expansion and contraction of the strip and heads of the clips is so slight that neither the clips nor the strip is weakened, as the clips and strip will return to their normal condition after the contraction and expansion for producing a locking engagement between the heads of the clips and the strip.

From the foregoing it will be seen that by first applying the clips to the wall and getting the apexes of the clips in vertical alinement by the use of a plumb line, or the like, and then applying the strip to the clips, that it is possible to mount the strip, and arrange it properly, in a much simpler and easier manner than would be possible if all of the clips were first applied to the strip before fastening them to the wall.

What is claimed is,-

In combination with a row of spaced apart clips adapted for independent securement in vertical alinement to the corner of a wall, each clip comprising a length of metal overturned to provide a triangular head with backwardly diverging sides terminating in inturned shallow shoulders, the ends of the length of metal being spaced apart and extending backwardly from said shoulders to permit the lateral compression of said head, and diverging at their extremities to provide supporting arms for securement to the corner of the wall, a strip or bead comprising a sheet of metal bent longitudinally to provide a triangular body of a size to embrace the said head, said body having backwardly diverging sides terminating in inturned shallow flanges of a length less than the shallow shoulders to hold the strip to the clips, the strip being adapted to be pressed horizontally against said heads, after the clips are secured to the wall, to slightly compress said heads and slightly expand the strip to a sufficient extent to admit the passage of the shallow flanges over the shallow shoulders and lock the strip to the clips, the shoulders and the flanges being shallow to prevent the undue spreading and distortion of the strip when forced laterally into place, whereby the sides of the strip are adapted to bear against the sides of the heads and secure the strip from movement on the clips.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signa ture in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES SYLVANUS ALMS.

Witnesses HELEN M. WI-IALEY, WV. RUssnLL CARR.

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Washington, D. C. Y 

